The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-07-15

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- Very Prentahsa
Let the reader think II he ever knew
rcplant corn TO do any good. more than
70 make little fodder. II replanting
missing hills Is done 1t can not be until
sufficient time elapscs 20 give all the
first planting chance 70 show itself and
often II Il three weeks from ths time Of
the first planting before the replanting
Is done. Even two weeks difference in
the ages Of different hills. gives tho
older ones such decided advantage IN
size that the younger are soon shaded
50 as TO be deprived Of their needed pro-
portion Of light and air.
Then in cultivating all through tho
season. any one who has worked In .
corn-fcld knows how difficult It Is to
do good work when the hills vary in
size. Cultivation. 70 be effective. must
be adapted 70 the height Of the corn.
as regards the depth Of working. near
ness to the hills. and character Of
tools.
Another point. and an important one.
Is that this replant corn will not bear
grain to any great extent. because, in
addition to the reasons already given
why weak growth is induced. it will
not be properly and sufficiently fertil-
lied with pollen dust. The reader has
often seen single stalk of corn grow
ing by itself in an open field. and has
noticed that, no matter how vigorous
may have been the growth. the at
tempt to produce grain resulted in a
cob on which were only few scattered
kernels. The reason Of this is that il
the pollen dust produced in the tasscl.
the male organs OF the plant not
enough Of il falls on the silks. the
female organs. to fertilize the germ.
Of kernel. which is at the base OF
every filament Of silk. There is never
a grain. Of corn unless grain Of pullen
dust, the fertilizing element, finds its
way into the mouth Of each thread Of
silk, which is tube. and passes down
this to the germ lying at the base and
on the cob. and there. under the mys-
terry Of the vital force. starts this
germ Of life and Development When,
I therefore. a stalk Of corn stands by
itself. the winds carry large part Of
the pollen out Of the reach Of the silk $,
and the germs fail to become fortified.
When in a field of other stalks thu
breeze which carries its own dust away
brings that OF others to il. Thess
facts also show how it is that differen
kinds Of corn 50 readily mix wher
growing alongside
Now, il one-fourth Of the hills scat
tered through the fields are two week
later than the other three-fourths W.
can see that these late hills will no
be ready to receive the pollen as i
falls from the tassels Of the older stalks
When they are ready the older ans
more numerous tassels will have shed
all their pollen. and these must depend
on the few scattered stalks for fertili
cation. And these are surrounded b,
the other stalks which serve as wind
break. that the chances are quite lin
tied that they are sufficiently pollen
lied. and all they amount to Is lttl
fodder. This is not what the replani
ing is for usually. hence we advise,
replanting is necessary. that the field b
given a shallow blowing or good cul
tivation and narrowing and then re
planted as a whole. The soil now be
being in better mechanical condition
and warmer. the seed will germinat
quickly and grow rapidly. The onl
loss will be the time taken in the frs
planting. and the seed and one YER
considerable gain will be the extra cult
IRE given the land and the consequen
destruction Of millions Of weeds tina
have terminated. - Colman's Ruro
World.